Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Powerscourt Estate

Powerscourt Estate

Original - full res

Edit 1 - smaller res

Edit 2 - full res, cropped

Edit 3 - smaller res, cropped

Reason: Striking landscape shot, very detailed, excellently illustrating the house and gardens, encyclopedic and relevant to several articles.
Proposed caption: Powerscourt Estate, near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a large country estate which is noted for its house and landscaped gardens, today occupying 47 acres. Visible from left to right; the house, built between 1731 and 1741, reconstructed in 1996 after being gutted by a fire; the Italian Garden, laid out during the 1840's, including several statues from the period and a sundial; and two Winged Horses, executed in zinc by Hugo Hagen in Berlin in 1869.
Articles this image appears in: Powerscourt Estate, Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland, Country house, History of gardening.
Creator: Schcambo.

Support as nominator Schcambo 16:51, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's very grainy at full size. 81.153.125.209 17:08, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Grainy with fringing at full resolution. --Sean 18:48, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - low technical quality.--Svetovid 19:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - as above Matt Deres 00:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I think that, as a panoramic shot, the level of detail is quite acceptable, and I really liked the shot.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Unschool (talk • contribs)
Oppose nice compostion but not enough quality --Childzy ¤ Talk 09:57, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Seeing as how the main problem is graininess when viewing the image at 100%, I've reduced the width to 4000 px (or roughly 55%), so while still giving more than enough detail, the problem isn't really noticeable. Schcambo 11:05, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Question. You wouldn't have one more face on to the building would you? I kind of like this, but I find that dominating road up the lefthand side really offputting. If this was taken from the centre of the lawn I'd probably support. --jjron 08:05, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I do actually, this one is taken from behind a fountain in front of the house, see alternate 1. Schcambo 11:20, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I guess that doesn't quite do it either, I can see why you went for the nominated version. That height over the lawn adds to the appeal of the picture, and I'm guessing you can't get that from front on. The other thing I tried was cropping the road out at the left, but I'm not sure that quite does it for me either. Shame, but as is, probably the best I can go for is a neutral non-vote. --jjron 09:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support I like the image and I think it illustrates what it says it does. As noted before, I am a bit distracted by the road on the left. I'd like to see the cropped version you mentioned. --Midnightdreary 18:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- See edit 2. ;) Schcambo 22:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - I like this one. I would Support edit 2. --Midnightdreary 15:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The second edit is now of low technical quality like the original.--Svetovid 09:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I've now uploaded edit 3, the cropped version with a smaller res... Schcambo 11:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted ----Stefan ^talk 00:49, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]